1. ‘ Youth Entrepreneurship’

2. ‘ Younger people need more opportunities to create and implement their own ways of increasing the community’s options, viability and quality of life.’ (Rural Women’s Advisory Group, (2001) The Success Factors Managing Change in Regional and Rural Australia)

3. Consider These Facts Alexander began to conquer the world at age 20 Mozart composed his first symphony at age 6. Einstein wrote his first paper on the theory of relativity at age 16. Joan of Arc lead 3,000 French knights to victory in the Battle of Orleans at age 17

4. Ivor Evans designed the Australian flag at age 14.

6. ‘ Youth are the leaders of today, not tomorrow. We are assets, not liabilities. We are solutions, not a problem to be solved’ (Sooraya Mentor, South Africa)

7. Action: Create meaningful youth participation and empowerment opportunities

10. R U MAD? Are You Making A Difference? - An Initiative of the Education Foundation -

11. ‘ It is an important message to young people that they can do wonderous things’ (Greg Darnieder)

12. Action : Enable all young people to learn enterprising skills and attitudes

13. “ Enterprise is not seen in the narrow terms of simply self employment or small business development; enterprise should be taken to mean willingness and ability of young people to take a pro-active, self determining and flexible approach to influencing and shaping their own futures.” (David Turner)

14. Defining Enterprise Skills “ Enterprise skills are generic and transferable skills necessary to design, manage and review action. They are the skills necessary for individuals and groups and communities to create and manage change.” (David Turner)

16. C.R.E.A.T.E. (Creating Real Entrepreneurial Attitudes Through Education )

17. “ We as parents and as teachers, must feel the guilt for some of the demise of the rural communities. Too many of us have been in the business of encouraging our children and our students to study hard so they can go and get good jobs. We have not worked hard enough to help them explore the possibilities of returning to their home communities some day, not in search of jobs, but in search of entrepreneurial opportunities through which they can offer jobs.” (Dr Edwin Nelson, Director , School / Community Revitalisation Program, Nebraska, USA)

18. Curriculum Themes of the C.R.E.A.T.E. Initiative (I) Understanding change (II) Knowing oneself (III) Being enterprising - enterprising individuals - enterprising businesses - enterprising communities (IV) Exploring our community as a place of opportunity - auditing the community - appreciating its uniqueness, assets and “windows of opportunity”. (V) Experimenting with social and business entrepreneurial ideas - idea generation and critical thinking - social entrepreneurialism - understanding the world of business - testing enterprise options

19. Action: Highlight enterprising role models

21. Action: Support young entrepreneurs with practical assistance

24. ‘ There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our young people – one of these is roots, the other is wings’ (Hodding Carter)

25. ‘ Give me a place to stand and I shall move the world.’ (Archimedes)